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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 25,2012 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G AZETTE-TIM ES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1179 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at I K W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9221 Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editorSrapidserve.net or davidftirapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97*36. Subscriptions: $27 in Morrow County; $21 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $33 elsewhere; $27 student subscriptions. David Sykes.............................................................................................. 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Lola Marie (Padberg) Springer Lola Marie (Pad- bingo, camping, and telling berg) Springer, 76, passed jokes, and, most especially, away April 18, 2012 at just being with her beloved Hood River Care Center family, friends and pets. Lola is survived with family at her side. and will be dear Services to hon ly missed by: her or Lola’s life are loving husband, planned for 11 a.m., A llen S p rin g er; Saturday, April 28, her children, Don at Anderson’s Trib ute Center, 1401 Lol a Ma r i e Springer (Chris), Belmont Avenue, ( P a d b e r g ) Jeff Springer (Jen nifer) of Hood Riv Hood River, Or Springer er, OR and Geor eg o n 9 7 0 3 1 . A gia Marshall (Bob) reception will im mediately follow at the o f Pendleton, OR; eight WestSide Fire Department grandchildren, Katie Smi #1, Rockford Station 4250 ley (Karl), Tom Springer Barrett Dr., Hood River, (Canela), Ashley Murphy OR. Graveside rites will (John) o f Hood River, follow the next weekend Robert Marshal (Tracy), at 11 a.m., Saturday, May Jeremy Marshall (Jackie) 5, at Lexington Cemetery. of Pendleton, Ivamay Tail- Family friend and chaplain man (Wibur) of Condon, of the WestSide Fire De Michelle King (Shayln) of partment, David Hancock, Yakima, WA, Josh Mar shall of Valdez, AK; fifteen will officiate. Lola was bom May great-grandchildren, Bran 1, 1935 in Heppner to John don and Kyle Smiley, Emily Archie Padberg and Susie Murphy, Devin, Megan, (Allstott) Padberg.(Whit Ava Ann, Andrea and Col man). She attended school lin Marshall, Tallin, Spen in Heppner. There she met cer, Caleb, Ethan and Kyle the love of her life, Allen King, Wesley and TJ Tail- E. Springer. They were man; numerous nieces and married in Heppner on No nephews; her sister, Juanita vember 2, 1953. They lived Ross (Tex) of Hermiston; in Heppner for two years and longtime close fam and their oldest son Don ily friends M arlene and ald was bom there. A short Fred Lahti, and Beverly while later they moved to Shapley. Lola was preceded Hood River, OR and their family was completed with in death by: her parents and the births of their daughter brothers, Vernon and Archie Georgia and their son Jef Padberg. fery. Memorial contri A fter moving to butions can be made in Hood River, Lola worked memory o f Lola to the at Hamby’s Care Center as WestSide Fire Department a Certified Nurse’s Aide. or Cri Du Cat Syndrome/5P, She later worked at Luhr in care of Anderson’s Trib Jensens & Sons, Diamond ute Center. A nderson’s Trib Fruit Cannery and Duck- wall Poole, from which she ute Center is in charge of arrangements. Visit www. retired in 1998. Lola loved spend AndersonsTributeCenter. ing tim e with her fam com to leave a note of con ily, traveling, going to the dolence for family. beach, family get-togethers. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "M ere frim ài Meri" 142 North Main fISHfRMAN'S NIGHT CATFISH AND OYSTFRS DlNNFR m ftiwifi A im V IR n M W f m DRAWING FOR GUN & OTHFR PRIZE 8:00 PM NEXT WEEK - Thursday, May 3rd IL adie ' s N ight & M other ' s D ay C eremony | B aked P ork C hop D inner Marie Ella Evelyn Simons Evelyn Simons, 93, health began to fail, she (Bittleston) Blocksom passed away peacefully on was very lovingly cared M arie Ella (B it another family from church tlesto n ) B locksom , 96, at their home for dinner. passed away peacefully on In later years, she made March 28, 2012. Her fu herself busy volunteering neral was held at RestLawn for many activities in the west Salem area, Funeral Chapel on and was active in March 30, with pri the social activities vate internment at at Kingwood West. Douglass Pioneer She was active in Cemetery in Trout- her church, being a dale, OR. M a r i e M a r i e El l a member at Breden was born in Cou- ( Bi t t l e s t on) Memorial United Methodist in Terre er d’Alene, ID on Blocksom Haute before mov February 28, 1916 ing to Oregon, and to Lottie (Wolske) and Cyrus Bittleston. She then Ladds Addition EUB grew up on a farm in Cou church, G lenfair Evan gar Gulch and attended gelical Church and, when one-room Meadowbrook in Salem, was an active School. She graduated from member at Salem Evan Coeur d’Alene High School gelical Church. Marie was and attended two years at a nurse’s aid as well as Pasadena Bible College a physical therapist aid in California. She moved during her career years. to Terre Haute,- IN, where Marie’s pride and joy was she married Cecil Block her family. She was preceded som in 1944. They moved to Oregon in 1949, driv in death by: her spouse, ing their brand-new 1949 Cecil Edward Blocksom; Oldsmobile across country. son-in-law, Donald Melvin They lived in Troutdale Maring; and siblings, Al for a year before moving fred Bittleston, Mabel Mon to the rural area between tenegro, Irene Petty, Hazel Gresham and Sandy, where Friberg, Dorthea Curtis and they lived until 1971. They Elmer Bittleston. She is survived then moved to Newport, OR. Cecil passed away by: her daughter, Darlene in 1973. Marie moved to Sue (Blocksom -M aring) Orofino, ID for a year and Marquardt of Athena, OR; then moved to Salem, OR, son-in-law, Jim Marquardt; where she lived for more two grandchildren, Donica than 25 years before mov Linette LaMora (Maring) of ing to Sublimity, Oregon’s Tri-Cities, WA and Duncan Marion Estates, McKillop Tyler Maring of the Bend, Residence assisted living. OR area; two great-grand Marie was known children, Mikenzee Marie for making the best pies. M aring o f M artinsburg, She baked pies for Me Bain’s WV and Micah Phoenix drug store in Gresham for a Maring of Kennewick, WA; number of years. She was one brother, Oliver Bit also known for the best fried tleston of Lewiston, ID; and chicken dinners on Sunday numerous nieces, nephews afternoons, and it was usual and cousins. to find her pastor’s family or Dianna Hamer Dianna Hamer, 62, passed away April 12,2012 in Hermiston, OR. She was born in Youngstown, OH on June 23, 1949, to Walter and Ann Brooks. She m a r ried Gerald on Au gust 6, 1966. They Dianna moved from Re Hamer seda, CA to Flag staff, AZ. They then moved to Lake Isabella, CA and then to Bakersfield, CA before moving to Heppner in the 1990s. She is survived by: husband, Gerald; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Cindy Brooks o f Sacra mento, CA; son, Jerry (Jr.) of Heppner; daughter and son-in-law, Veronica and G regorio o f B a kersfield, CA; son, Steven Saletzki of Junction City, KS; brother and sister- in-law, Ted and Peg Michel of Heppner; and many grand children. Dianna loved watching movies and going to yard sales. Donations may be made to Bums Mortuary in Hermiston on behalf of Di anna Hamer to help offset funeral expenses. lone kindergarten visitation April 3,2012 in her home in for by her daughter Bette Spokane, WA, surrounded in their home. Evelyn was by her family. A surrounded by her Celebration of Life son, daughters and memorial service caregivers Deborah will be held on Sat and Louise in her urday, April 28, at last days. the Creston Chris S he w as tian Church, PO a member o f the Box 69, Creston, Evelyn Creston Christian Simons WA. Church, where she S he w as served on CWF, born on March 2, 1919 sang in the choir and was a in Tamani, ID to Walter Sunday school superinten and Hazel McKenzie. Her dent. She enjoyed dancing, family moved to Spokane, singing, sewing and the WA, where she attended Simons family reunions. North Central High. After She enjoyed her view of graduating, she attended Audubon Park, watching Spokane Jr. College for the change of the seasons. a short time. She married Evelyn is survived Donovan Simons in June by: her four children, Dan- o f 1938 in Spokane. Af ise (Jim) Tarbert, Donovan ter their m arriage, they (Van) Simons Jr., Bette moved to Creston, WA. Simons and Merilee (Bill) They farmed there for sev McDowell; three grandchil eral years before moving to dren, Kathi Storer, Deanna Kirkland, WA, where they Tarbert and Danielle Bum- worked at the shipyards side; and three great-grand during World War II. After children, Jesse, Taylor and the war, they returned to the M acKenzie. She is also family farm in the Creston survived by several nieces, area and continued to farm nephews and extended fam until Donovan’s death in ily. 1960. She was preceded Evelyn later mar in death by: her parents; ried Jack Lee and worked husband, Donovan Simons as a secretary at Creston Sr. and a brother, Walter High School. She and Jack McKenzie. later moved to Davenport, Memorials may be WA w here she w orked made to Family Home Core for the Davenport Times & Hospice, 22820 E. Ap newspaper and later for the pleway Ave, Liberty Lake, Lincoln County Assessor’s WA 99019 or the Creston office. After she and Jack Christian Church, PO Box divorced, she moved to 69, Creston, WA 99117. Spokane, where she worked S tra te F u n e ra l as a caregiver for many Home in Davenport is in years until she retired at charge of arrangements. the age of 75. When her Audie Joe Privett Audie Joe Privett, 74, passed away peacefully at home in Denver, CO on April 15,2012, surrounded by his family and friends. Joe will be buried with his parents in Heppner at a date to be determined later. Joe was born in Ava, MO on February 7, 1938 to Chalmer (Bill) and Floy Privett. In 1940, at the age o f 2-1/2 years, he relocated with his parents to Heppner. He graduated from Heppner High School in 1956, and entered military service in the Navy in 1957. His service in the military took him to Vietnam, as well as many other coun tries o f the world. After 24 years of service to our country, Joe retired in 1981 at the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. Joe then relocated to Benton City, WA and worked first at the Han ford Facility and then at Washington Public Power as a nuclear instructor. In 1991, he retired for good and enjoyed working on his property and traveling. Some of his favorite hob bies were restoring classic Mustangs, helping friends and gold panning. Joe was preceded in death by: his parents, Chalmer and Floy Privett. Joe is survived by: his siblings, June (Alan) Brown, Jean (Leon) Taber, John (Frances) Privett; his children, Mark (Chris) Priv ett, Sheila (David) Rop- pel, Melissa Gallant and Kevin (Anastasia) Privett; grandchildren, Amanda, Jarrod, Kaitlynn, Matthew, Nicole, Brittney, Trinity, Astraia, and several more adopted grandchildren; and several nieces and nephew?, close friends, and countless people who were touched by his life and presence. For more informa tion on date of funeral or any additional items, con tact Kevin Privett at 720- 854-8270 or 1185 Young- field Street, Golden, CO 80401. lone Community School will hold a kindergarten visitation on Tuesday, May 22, at 9:30 a.m. All children who will be five years old by September 1, 2012 are invited to attend. Children will visit the classroom, play at recess, and do an activity with the teacher. Everyone is invited to stay for lunch; lunch is $2 per student. Parents are asked to bring birth certificates, im munization records and social security cards. There will This Sunday, April 29, the puppets will be preach also be registration papers to fill out. Please contact the ing at Heppner United Methodist Church in the celebra school at 541-422-7131 with any questions. tion service, which begins at 10:30 a.m. All young and young at heart are encouraged to join the church for this presentation. Puppets in the pulpit Rob Conlee Plumbing, LLC • Residential • Commercial New Construction • Remodel Plumbing Services C C B # 169854 541 - 490-3499 bus. Community lunch menu Willow Creek Baptist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, May 2, at St. Patrick’s Se nior Center. The meal will include egg frittata, sausage, hash browns, sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, garlic bread and cake. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a family member who suffers from gambling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to take advantage of the services above or desire more information, Please call any of the following numbers to set up a L O C A L appointment or just to talk: Bobby Harris ® 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) Q 541-676-9161 O R 1-877-695-4648 (1 -8 6 8 -M Y L IM IT)
